The Family Medicine Clinic Listed by Dark Project Ransomware Group

On August 05, 2026, the ransomware group known as Dark Project publicly listed The Family Medicine Clinic of New Iberia, Louisiana, on its leak site. The group claims it encrypted the clinic’s systems and exfiltrated more than 250 GB of data. As of this writing, the clinic has not issued a public confirmation or regulatory notification of the incident, making this an unconfirmed claim based solely on the threat actor’s disclosure.

Details from the Leak-Site Listing

The Dark Project leak page states that it successfully deployed ransomware against the Family Medicine Clinic, resulting in the encryption of a large internal data archive and the subsequent theft of more than 250 GB of files. According to the listing, the stolen material includes patient registration forms, lab test results, treatment plans, prescription records, insurance information, and employee personnel files. The group also claims to possess full names, home addresses, and Social Security numbers belonging to hundreds of the clinic’s customers. The listing does not specify the exact number of individuals affected, nor does it provide a public sample of the data. A download link was posted, but the threat actor has set a deadline for payment before further publication or sale of the archive.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When a local medical provider is targeted, the exposure goes far beyond generic corporate data. Medical records contain some of the most sensitive details about your health, medications, diagnoses, and insurance. Combined with names, home addresses, and Social Security numbers, this information creates a high-value package for identity thieves, insurance fraudsters, and blackmailers. If you or your family have ever been patients at The Family Medicine Clinic, your personal and protected health information may now be in the hands of criminals. The fact that employee files were also taken means current and former staff are at similar risk.

Doxxing and Identity-Chain Risks

A leak of this nature rarely stops at the initial data set. Home addresses tie every resident at that location to the breach. Children’s names and dates of birth often appear in family medical records, creating long-term risks for identity fraud and doxxing. Gaming accounts, school logins, and social-media handles frequently chain back to the same email addresses or phone numbers used for medical appointments. Once criminals possess this medical and personally identifiable information, they can map entire households and pursue follow-on attacks ranging from spear-phishing to SIM-swapping. Medical data combined with SSNs is especially dangerous because it can be used to file fraudulent tax returns, open accounts in your name, or pressure victims into paying to prevent release of embarrassing health details.

Dark Project’s Known Track Record

Public reporting attributes Dark Project as a relatively new ransomware/extortion operation that emerged in late 2025. The group typically gains initial access through phishing or exploited remote desktop services, exfiltrates data before deploying encryption, and then runs a double-extortion campaign—threatening both to lock the victim out of its systems and to publish or sell the stolen files. Notable prior victims listed by the group include other small-to-medium healthcare providers and professional service firms. Their playbook emphasizes public shaming on leak sites and direct contact with affected individuals when possible. As with most ransomware actors, payment does not guarantee the data will be deleted, and many victims face continued extortion even after ransom is paid.

What to do

• Run a DoxxScan to map every link between your email addresses, phone numbers, usernames, and real-world identity so you can see exactly what chains back to the clinic.
• Enable continuous DoxxScan monitoring across 13.1 billion+ breach records and 100+ platforms; the next exposure tied to this incident will be caught in hours rather than months.
• Rotate any password you ever used when registering with the Family Medicine Clinic and enable 2FA with an authenticator app on every account where that password was reused.
• Let remediation specialists handle takedown requests for your personal records appearing on data-broker and people-search sites that often resurface leaked medical and address information.
• Note that your own removal actions are what take your home address out of circulation; a leaked address puts everyone living there at risk, including children whose gaming accounts can be compromised through the same credential chains.

The incident underscores how even a single local healthcare provider’s compromise can ripple outward and endanger the privacy of entire families for years. Acting quickly to understand your exposure and begin targeted remediation is the most practical defense. DoxxScan’s continuous monitoring, AI-powered identity-chain mapping, and hands-on remediation specialists give individuals the tools needed to respond effectively when threats like this surface.